Drug prescription pattern in paediatric out patient clinic in a tertiary hospital

Current Pediatric Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Torvi, Janaki R ^a   Dambal, Suman ^a  

^a Dharwad and Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics resistance; Prescription patterns; URTI

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79960348825     PISSN: 09719032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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